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Juergen Boos: "Freedom of Speech is the Frankfurt Book Fair's DNA"

The director of the festival in conversation with Souradeep Roy
Interview with Juergen Boos
28 Feb 2018
Interviewed by Souradeep Roy Produced by ICF team and Newsclick,

Juergen Boos, the CEO and Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, talks to Souradeep Roy from the Indian Writers' Forum, on self-censorship, translation, and the importance of literacy and books in a "post-truth" world. The discuss the rise of populist governments in different parts of the world and the threat it poses to writing and thinking. At such a juncture, our job becomes even more important, feels Boos.

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